Ex-wife Daisy Rivera told police she confronted him with the
picture but he became defensive, the source told the Post.

"Put that away! Don't go through my stuff!" he shouted.

Police searched Hernandez's New Jersey home but did not find what
could have been a damning keepsake, according to the Post's law
enforcement source.

"One of the things they were looking for when they got a search
warrant for the house was this picture or this box but they
didn't find it so they'll have to use her testimony," if the case
goes to trial, the source told the Post.

Hernandez confessed to the 1979 killing in May. He said he
strangled the boy, then wrapped the body in a bag, and put it
in a box.